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Posts Tagged ‘ Palo Alto city manager James Keene ’

Global Positioning Systems Used in Tracking Habitation Vehicle’s by the PAPD?

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October 9, 2012
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We really don’t know whats up the sleeve of the Palo Alto Police Department but this much we already know they have spent what appears to be a considerable amount of time tracking and placing the whereabouts of all Palo Alto Vehicle inhabitants in and out of the city in their efforts to move...
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City of Palo Alto First Ever – Live event on Twitter

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February 24, 2012
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Live Q&A with Mayor Yeh and City Manager Keene on February 27 Join us Live on TWITTER! On Monday, February 27, Mayor Yeh and City Manager Keene will participate in the City’s first ever “live” Twitter Q&A and spend 30 minutes responding to community questions posted on Twitter. This fun event, facilitated by the City’s...
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Who should regulate the Massage Therapy Profession – The Health Department or Police?

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February 15, 2012
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It was Deja Vu all over again just like the proposed city ordnance to ban overnight parking within the city limits of Palo Alto impacting the disenfranchised. The police, namely Lt. April Wagner aka Chan/Wagner in full uniform with her loaded sidearm clearly stood ready to enforce whatever draconian ordinance is decided upon. I...
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Civil Disobedience and the Necessity Defense Vehicle Habitation Legal Fund

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February 1, 2012
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And why the need for a Necessity Defense Vehicle Habitation Legal Fund? By some estimates there are now 1.1 million Californians who find themselves unemployed or underemployed. As it stands, over 613,000 Californians have lost all unemployment benefits and it may in fact be years before we see the light of day on any...
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Palo Alto’s Chief Information Officer is Unable or Unwilling to Get to the Core of a Problem

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January 16, 2012
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When our email kept getting bounced back, I set out to find out why by asking the head of the Information Technology Department for the city of Palo Alto, Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D., and recent hire. His background is impressive with a long list of accomplishments in the private sector: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Avida consulting and O’Reilly...
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Praise for Palo Alto’s Police Chief and City Manager in Occupy Oakland Police Raid

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December 6, 2011
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City Manager Jim Keene and Police Chief Dennis Burns deserve praise for the way they handled the Occupy Oakland police raid. They initially responded to a request for assistance from another public service force by sending 15 Palo Alto Police officers for backup. Twelve police forces responded to the request for assistance, making 13...
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Important opportunity for public input on Palo Alto city manager James Keene

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July 19, 2011
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Perhaps one of the most difficult tasks in evaluating employee’s performance is during the evaluation conference.  The citizens of Palo Alto on July 20th, 2011 at 6:00 pm will be give the rare opportunity to provide input on Mr. Keene’s overall performance and areas where the community feel he should improve upon. I met...
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Surfing the Net at Palo Alto City Hall and the Costs to Taxpayers

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June 29, 2011
City of Palo Alto Surfing the Web on Taxpayers Dime

Our decision to block the web surfing abilities of the city of Palo Alto to our site did not come easy and as our director of IT stated, “there one of our biggest customers”. From there site visits alone, we were able to analyze through data mining, popular pages, entry pages, exit pages, came...
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Tree Removal Notice – Wanted Trees Dead Or Alive

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July 29, 2010
Slated For Destruction

It would seem that city manager James Keene is bent on destroying the canopy of trees in Palo Alto one tree at a time without public input. I tried without success in my attempts to learn the answers as to why one tree located in Hoover Park was axed. One reason I later learned...
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